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  • Royce Lewis 3B | MIN

    Twins' Royce Lewis: Resting Saturday

    Lewis isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Toronto.

    Lewis will get a day off to reset after going 0-for-7 with three strikeouts through the first two games of the series. His absence will give Tristan Gray a start at the hot corner.

  • Jared Triolo 3B | PIT

    Pirates' Jared Triolo: Activated from IL, not in lineup

    The Pirates reinstated Triolo (knee) from the injured list, but he is not in the team's starting lineup against the Reds on Saturday.

    Triolo has been sidelined by a right patellar tendon injury since April 5. He's spent the past week in the minors on a rehab assignment, during which he went 5-for-18 with a homer, three RBI, four runs scored and a steal. Now fully healthy, the 28-year-old will likely compete for playing time at the hot corner with Nick Gonzales, who is batting .457 (21-for-46) over his last 12 games and will remain in the Pirates' lineup for Saturday's matinee. Nick Yorke was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding move.

  • Kazuma Okamoto 3B | TOR

    Blue Jays' Kazuma Okamoto: First career multi-HR game Friday

    Okamoto went 2-for-4 with two home runs, three RBI, one walk and three runs scored in Friday's 7-3 win over the Twins.

    It was Okamoto's first career multi-homer game, as he took Simeon Woods Richardson deep for a solo shot in the fourth inning and a two-run blast in the fifth. Okamoto now has seven long balls on the season to go with a .228/.313/.430 slash line, 18 RBI, 15 runs scored and a 14:38 BB:K across 128 plate appearances. He's striking out close to 30 percent of the time but has promising 43.4 percent flyball and 42.1 percent hard-hit rates. Okamoto is in the 90th percentile with a 92.8 mph average exit velocity.

  • Taylor Walls 3B | TB

    Rays' Taylor Walls: Doubles, scores in win Friday

    Walls went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored in Friday's 3-0 win over the Giants.

    It was Walls' first multi-hit game since April 12 after he went 5-for-41 (.122) with one extra-base hit over his previous 13 games. The shortstop has his average back over the Mendoza Line with a .210/.310/.258 slash line that includes three doubles, four RBI, 10 runs scored, five stolen bases and an 8:21 BB:K across 75 plate appearances this season.

  • Rays' Junior Caminero: Swats ninth homer Friday

    Caminero went 1-for-3 with a solo homer in Friday's 3-0 win over the Giants.

    The third baseman took Robbie Ray deep for his ninth homer of the season in the fourth inning. Caminero snapped a five-game homerless drought with the long ball and is now slashing .258/.328/.508 with the nine homers, 16 RBI, 18 runs scored and a 13:23 BB:K across 134 trips to the plate. His flyball rate has ticked up to 40.8 percent this season while his bat speed (79.7 mph) is in the 100th percentile.

  • Michael Busch 3B | CHC

    Cubs' Michael Busch: Doubles, drives in two Friday

    Busch went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Friday's 6-5 win over the Diamondbacks.

    Busch got May off to a good start with a two-hit performance that raised his season batting average above .200. It's been a struggle so far for the first baseman, though he's been better lately with a .268/.375/.488 slash line across his last 10 games. Busch's slow start, combined with Nico Hoerner's hot start, compelled the Cubs to make the latter their primary leadoff hitter, but Hoerner exited Friday's contest with a neck issue. If he has to miss time, Busch is an option to bat first, at least against righties, which is something he did often in 2025.

  • Alec Bohm 3B | PHI

    Phillies' Alec Bohm: Two hits, RBI against Miami

    Bohm went 2-for-4 with an RBI in Friday's 6-5 win over the Marlins.

    Bohm now has a pair of multi-hit games in his last three appearances after producing just three multi-hit efforts across the Phillies' first 28 games. His batting average has been stuck below .200 since April 7, as the 29-year-old third baseman is slashing just .164/.228/.218 with one home run, 14 RBI, seven runs scored and an 8:20 BB:K across 123 trips to the plate. He's experienced sharp declines in his barrel rate and hard-hit percentage from last season. Bohm was a useful source of batting average with limited pop, but now he's not hitting for average or power in 2026. Just four of Bohm's 18 hits this season have gone for extra bases.

  • Edmundo Sosa 3B | PHI

    Phillies' Edmundo Sosa: Two hits, RBI, SB in win Friday

    Sosa went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base in Friday's 6-5 win over the Marlins.

    After starting four straight games from April 14-18, Sosa made just his third start in the last eight days Friday. He's been one of the team's more consistent hitters of late. Over his last 12 appearances, Sosa is 12-for-37 (.324) at the plate with three doubles, one home run, six RBI, four runs scored, two stolen bases and a 1:7 BB:K.

  • Diamondbacks' Ildemaro Vargas: Extends streak with four-hit game

    Vargas went 4-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Cubs.

    While Arizona wasn't able to take advantage of having Vargas on base every time through the order, it was still another impressive effort from the 34-year-old switch hitter. Vargas has hit safely in 24 straight games to begin the campaign, tied for the second-longest streak within a single season in Diamondbacks history with Tony Womack in 2000, and his overall streak stands at 27 games dating back to the end of last year -- putting him within striking distance of matching or exceeding Luis Gonzalez's club-record streak of 30 games, set in 1999. Vargas is slashing a stunning .404/.429/.702 so far in 2026 with 14 extra-base hits, including six homers to already tie his career high, along with 19 runs and 21 RBI.

  • Kyle Karros 3B | COL

    Rockies' Kyle Karros: Not in lineup Friday

    Karros is absent from the lineup for Friday's contest versus Atlanta.

    It's a routine day off for Karros, who had started each of the previous 14 games. Willi Castro will handle third base and bat seventh for the Rockies in the series opener.

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